TV Shows For Men

The Top 10 TV Shows That Real Men Are Fans Of Right Now

Tired of the cookie-cutter male stereotype that seems so ubiquitous on sitcoms and commercials nowadays? You know, the well-intentioned, bumbling, neurotic failure of a man, incapable of doing simple household chores without the help of his smarter and more capable wife? How about the man who refuses to grow up, preferring video games and cold pizza to responsibility — you know, the Judd Apatow man?

Or maybe you'd like to watch a show that doesn't kowtow to political correctness, that enjoys toying with an audience's delicate sensibilities and risks, gasp, offending someone?

Not all of the following shows center around a male protagonist, but each one celebrates masculinity in its own way, either by exploring the darker aspects of being a man — the competitiveness, ambition and loneliness, for example — or celebrating the virtues of manhood that we used to take for granted — stoicism, leadership and responsibility. One or two of them even get a kick out of parodying the more extreme depictions of masculinity.

Here are the ten best shows for men (limited to shows that have not ended, hence the exclusion of staples like The Sopranos or Breaking Bad), across all major genres (comedy, action and drama) and encompassing seven different television networks.